Les Deaton | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 23, 1923 Carlisle, Iowa |
| Died |
November 18, 1989 (aged 66) Des Moines, Iowa |
| Nationality | American |
Leslie Hobart Deaton (September 23, 1923 – November 18, 1989) was an American professional basketball player and college head coach.[1][2] After serving in World War II, he played in the National Basketball League the Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks and averaged 3.7 points per game for his career.[1][3] Deaton also coached high school basketball in Iowa and then became the head coach at Simpson College for twelve seasons, where he played collegiately.[2] Upon the close of his coaching career, he operated an insurance company and ran a campground before dying of a stroke in 1989.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leslie Deaton NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/d/deatole01n.html. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Les Deaton". Peach Basket Society. May 3, 2016. https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/05/les-deaton.html. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Leslie Deaton Statistics". Just Sports Stats. https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=deatole01. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
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